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1857 by Mr. Baker's father and uncle and has continued to do business under that firm name up to the present time, forty years. Mr. Baker, after working with the firm as clerk, salesman, etc., in 1865 became a part- ner in the firm, and to-day is the head of the house of Baker Bros., and has the chief management of their large business, not only at their glass factory, but at their ware- house and general offices, 36 and 38 S. Charles street. Mr. Baker has been married twice, having married sisters, the daughters of Benjamin Whitely and Elizabeth W. Stone, whose great-grandfather was one of the most distinguished gentlemen of that day, and a signer of the Declaration of In- dependence. His first wife was Mary E. Whitely, and his second Hattie Stone Whitely, and he was first married February 5, 1867, and on the decease of his first wife married again; he had ten children, nine of whom are living: William H., who is sec- retary of the Chemical Company, Canton; Charles J., Jr .; Mary E .; Benjamin W., who is in business in Raleigh, N. C .; Hattie S., Florence L., Edith M., Emma R. and Vir- ginia Baker. Mr. Baker and his family are Protestants and are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Democrat, but takes no part in such matters, only to vote, he being strictly a business man, and his large business matters requiring all his attention. With the public and among his business as- sociates he stands high and is noted as a man of fine business qualities and sterling honesty and worth. He is, besides being identified with his own business en- terprises, president of the Chemical Com- pany, of Canton, treasurer of the Baltimore Guano Company, treasurer and member of
the Board of Managers of the Baltimore General Dispensary, one of the oldest chari- ties of the State of Maryland. His home is at 1405 Eutaw Place.
WILLIAM R. HAMMOND of the firm of Hammond & Snyder, Grain Exporters and Receivers, Nos. 49 and 51 Chamber of Com- merce Building, was born March 4, 1864, at Berlin, Worcester county, Md. He is the son of William K. Hammond and Myra G. Hammond nee Marshall: His father was born in Worcester county, Md., and his mother in Georgetown, Del. Both his par- ents' ancestors were old settlers of Maryland and Delaware. His father was a boot and shoe merchant, and died in Baltimore in 1887; his mother is still living and resides in this city. His parents had five children: Eleanor, who is the wife of Mr. Robert A. Lynch; Thomas T .; Harry M., and Bessie Hammond, all of whom reside in Baltimore.
Mr. Hammond was educated in the public schools of Baltimore, but commenced his business career early in life, and in 1879, when 15 years of age, left school and went into the office as office boy of the firm of J. S. J. Gordon & Co., flour and grain mer- chants of this city. After a short time he severed his connection with this firm and en- tered the service of Charles D. Fenhagen as a clerk, Mr. Fenhagen being in the flour and grain business. Now Mr. Fenhagen is City Comptroller of Baltimore. After being in the service of Mr. Fenhagen a short time Mr. Hammond was made a partner in the business. Dissolving his connection with the firm of Fenhagen & Co., he and Mr. John W. Snyder, formerly of Martinsburg, W. Va., formed a partnership under the name of Hammond & Snyder, grain export- ers and receivers, and it is under this firm
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name that Messrs. Hammond & Snyder are now doing business.
Mr. Hammond was married in Baltimore November 13, 1888, to Mrs. Fannie Frost . (Pomp). Her father is Mr. Pomp, and her mother Mrs. - - (Frost) Pomp. Mr. Hammond has one daughter, Audrey Frost Hammond. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican.
The firm of which Mr. Hammond is the head is a young firm, both he and Mr. Sny- der being young men, but they are full of push, energy and business; they do a large business, exporting grain to all parts of the world. They are very popular among their business associates and stand high for in- tegrity and fair dealing. Mr. Hammond is regarded as one of the best and most suc- cessful grain merchants on the Atlantic sea- board.
He and his family live at 1533 Linden av- enue.
SAMUEL BUDD SEXTON, JR., Manufac- turer of Stoves, Furnaces and Ranges, of Baltimore, Md., was born in Baltimore City April 25, 1853; his father was Samuel Budd Sexton, of Burlington county, New Jersey, who commenced business in Baltimore in the year 1839 and established the well known house of S. B. Sexton & Co., which has since been succeeded by the firm of S. B. Sexton & Son. He was the inventor and patentee of the celebrated Baltimore fire- place heater, which has won fame for the firm throughout the country.
Mr. Sexton, Sr., retired from the business in the year 1889, after celebrating the fiftieth anniversary in business, and died July 30, 1890, aged 79 years. Mr. Sexton's mother
was Elizabeth Ann Sexton, nce Elbert, and was born in Easton, Talbot county, Md., and died in Baltimore December 26, 1883, aged 64 years. Mr. Sexton had one brother and two sisters, of whom there is only one now living-Mrs. Sarah E. Kiefer, wife of George T. Kieffer, of Baltimore, Md.
He was educated in Baltimore, attending the public schools for a number of years and finished his studies at the Friends' High School; he afterwards graduated from Bry- ant, Stratton & Sadtler Business College, of Baltimore, July 8, 1871. In August, 1871, he was taken into the office of S. B. Sexton & Co., and from March, 1872, to 1874, was given charge of the management of the manufacturing department of the busi- ness. In 1874 he became a partner with his father, and the style of the firm changed to S. B. Sexton & Son, the business continuing under that style ever since. In 1889 he bought out his father's interest in the firm and has since been the sole proprietor of the business, which has been gradually increasing, necessitating the acquirement of other property and also a considerable enlargement of the plant and warehouse, which are situated in the follow- ing parts of the city, viz: The foundry, fac- tory and warehouse buildings are on West Conway street, Nos. 511 to 527, inclusive. Warehouse on Wayne street; store and salesroom No. 23 E. Lombard street.
Within a recent date Mr. Sexton has pur- chased three large warehouses four stories in height, with iron fronts, known as Nos. 5, 7 and 9 S. Gay street, which he intends to use in connection with his business.
Mr. Sexton is married and his family con- sists of his wife and six children, two daugh- ters and four sons. They reside in Balti -.
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more City during the winter, at 1914 Eutaw Place; in the summer at their country seat, "The Cedars," at Mt. Washington, Balti- more county. He and his family are con- nected with Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, also a member of a num- ber of fraternal and benevolent associations. He is very conservative in his views on po- litical matters, but adheres firmly to his con- victions on any subject when he believes he is right. He was president of the Builders' Exchange, one of the principal organiza- tions of the city, during the year 1895, when the National Association of Builders of the United States held their convention in Bal- timore, and were the guests of the Builders' Exchange of Baltimore. Last year he was elected delegate at large to represent the Baltimore Builders' Exchange in the Na- tional Association of Builders; he is also a director in the last named association. He has been connected with a number of local enterprises and has given much of his time to the advancement of the city, so as to make it one of the principal commercial centres of the country.
Mr. Sexton has the full confidence of the public ; is an active man of untiring energy, full of progress and a generous, public- spirited citizen.
GEORGE SMITH KIEFFER, son of the Rev. Moses Kieffer, D. D., and Catherine Ann Kieffer (nee Smith), was born in Hagers- town, Md., September 23, 1844: After growing up in the bosom of a pious family he started, at the age of eleven years, to the preparatory school at Heidelberg College, in Tiffin, O., and afterwards entered the col- lege, where he studied until the age of fif-
teen, with a view to graduate and afterwards make law his profession, but owing to cir- cumstances he went into business, develop- ing land, which he successfully operated for a time. In 1869 he came to Baltimore; in 1871 married Miss Sarah Elizabeth Sexton, daughter of Samuel Budd Sexton (the in- ventor of the celebrated Baltimore fire-place heater) and Elizabeth Ann Sexton (nee El- bert, of Easton, Md.). Three children were born to them, viz: Bessie Kate, Mary Sex- ton and George Samuel M., all of whom are living in Baltimore. In 1881 he was com- missioned a justice of the peace for the Thir- teenth election district of Baltimore county, and retained the position until May, 1896. From 1879, in connection with this position of magistrate, he has assisted the well known firm of S. B. Sexton & Son, stove manufacturers of Baltimore, in their busi- ness as their accountant. In 1894 he was elected a Democratic member of the Mary- land Legislature; while a member of that body he became noted for his efforts to se- cure protection to motormen on our electric cars, from October to April of every year, from the cold and storms, by having them enclosed in glass. The committee to whom the bill was assigned brought in an unfav- orable report; he substituted the bill for the report, and in an extended speech, suc- ceeded. It passed the second reading, and was finally killed by a great effort of the lobby, after (according to the records) the bill was before the House six times, show- ing with what persistency and determina- tion he espoused the cause of those he claim- ed as the bread winners of the corporation they serve. He also had a charter granted to the South Baltimore Company, to con- struct a bridge across the upper portions of
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Spring Gardens, to connect Baltimore coun- ty with Baltimore City, in order that electric cars could be run from Ridgley street, along the Annapolis road and around the Spring Gardens, thus developing on the Baltimore county side the most beautiful resorts for the weary toilers of our great city and in- creasing the taxable basis of the county, and thus gradually enhancing the value of all the surrounding land. By this act of As- sembly, brought about by his indefatigable efforts in the face of much opposition, thou- sands of citizens with their families during the hot months avail themselves of a cool and refreshing trip to the beautiful groves and around the water's edge, where the poor mothers and their sick children are benefit- ed, as the Baltimore Traction Company has given them a five cent fare, thus putting within the reach of all health and happiness. Mr. Kieffer, although a self-made man (so far as this phrase can be sensibly quoted), has inherited from his father, the Rev. M. Kieffer, a gift of oratory, quite natural, be- ing a pleasant and edifying speaker, always in demand during a political canvass. His views are, as a rule, consistently held, logic- ally developed and clearly presented; he holds his audience by what he says and also by his manner of saying it. He is a Demo- crat and firmly believes that the only hope of our country, for its betterment, is that the principles of Jefferson, Jackson and William Jennings Bryan (on whom rest their man- tles) shall be carried out. Reared by a pious father and mother of Protestant faith, he be- came a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, yet he has charity for all denomina- tions, believing there exists truth enough in them all to keep them alive. Although an Episcopalian, he has been for more than
eighteen years, superintendent of a Metho- dist Episcopal Sunday-school at Sexton- ville, in Baltimore county. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and also of the Royal Arcanum. He looks back upon the days of youth and holds in sacred reverence his father, the Rev. M. Kieffer, D. D., presi- dent of Heidelberg College and professor of Theology, at Tiffin, O., for a number of years, and remembers how his father la- bored for years in writing a book of "Dog- matic Theology," and when completed he took the MSS. to Chambersburg, Pa., with a view of having it published. The next day after he had left it with the publishers, the Confederate soldiers burned Chambers- burg, and his labor of years went up in smoke. His father died in Sandusky, O., February 3, 1888, and his mother in Tiffin, September 14, 1867. Four children were born to them, two dying in infancy, the other, the Rev. Augustin Rauch Kieffer, is an Episcopal minister, now residing at Bradford, McKean county, Pa., a graduate of Heidelberg College, Tiffin, O., and of the Theological Seminary of Gambier, O. He married Miss Lena Hall, daughter of the celebrated Doctor Hall, now of New York City. The subject of this sketch resides on Spence avenue, Thirteenth District, Balti- more county, Md., during the summer, and his city home during the winter is 1414 Mt. Royal avenue, where with his family blessed of God, a welcome hearty hand is extended to those many friends who for nearly thirty years of close personal and endearing mem- ories are held in sweet recollection. Truly can it be said, "The good man's steps are ordered by the Lord." Mr. Kieffer's place of business is 521 W. Conway street.
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EDWARD J. CODD, Engineer and Machin- ist, whose place of business is at 700-708 South Caroline street, was born in Balti- more, August 6, 1833. He is the son of Pilkington Codd and Eliza Anna Cowpland. His father was an Irishman, and was born in Ireland and came to this country when a youth and settled in Baltimore. He was a lawyer and practiced in the courts of Balti- more and the adjoining counties. His mo- ther was born in Philadelphia, Pa., and was the daughter of Capt. William S. Cowpland, whose family was among the early settlers of Pennsylvania. During the War of 1812 and 1814 with England, he commanded the privateer Revenge, distinguishing himself by the number of merchantmen he captured and destroyed. He became such a terror that the English Government determined to capture Captain Cowpland and his cruiser, "The Revenge," and finally in a severe bat- tle with him, they succeeded in doing so, taking him and his crew prisoners and de- stroying his ship. They held him captive two years, confining him in the Dartmouth prison. The cruel treatment and suffering of the prisoners at that prison were a notable event in the history of our country. After his release he returned to this country, and settled in Baltimore, where he resided for some years until his death.
Mr. Codd's father had five children, all deceased except the subject of this sketch. One of his sons, William H. Codd, and bro- ther to Mr. E. J. Codd, went south when the Civil War commenced, entered the Confederate Army (infantry), and was noted for his gallantry. He was severely wounded at the first battle of Manassas. On his re- covery he was transferred to the Confeder- ate Navy and assigned to the position of first
assistant engineer on the famous Confeder- ate cruiser "Shenandoah," Capt. James Ire- dell Waddell commanding, and was with the "Shenandoah" in all its exciting cruises around the world, capturing and destroying United States' merchantmen, until Novem- ber 6, 1865, when Captain Waddell ran his ship into Liverpool and delivered her up to the English Government, Capt. Waddell not hearing that the war had ended until the 2d of August, which information he received from a British bark, when on his way to the California coast. On turning his ship over to the English Government, Assistant En- gineer Codd and his men were discharged, and he returned to Baltimore, where for some years he was in business with his bro- ther, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Codd's father died in 1842, and his mother on the 4th of July, 1891. Both died in Baltimore.
Mr. Codd was educated in the public schools and St. Patrick's parochial school of this city. He left school at the age of 15. He was apprenticed to Wells & Miller, well known machinists of that day. He was with this firm five years, when he severed his con- nection with it and served on a steamship for two years as engineer. He then started in his present business in a small way, until to- day it is one of the largest establishments of its kind in our city, employing an average of one hundred and fifty men annually.
He started in business by himself, then with his brother, William H. Codd, as a partner, and then with his son, William C., until 1888, when he formed and incorpor- ated the E. J. Codd Co., he being the presi- dent of the company, and J. W. Mohler, Jr., the secretary and treasurer, their business being engine, machine, boiler builders and millwrights.
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In 1859-when 26 years of age-he mar- ried Avarilla Hooper, daughter of James Hooper and Marianna Hooper. Mr. Hooper was a prominent and well-known merchant in this city of that day, and he and his wife's family descended from one of Maryland's oldest families. He has eight children: Mary Stella, William C., Charles, Edward J., Eugene, Vernon, Clar- ence and Clinton, all residents of this city. He and his family belong to the Catholic faith. In politics he says he is a Jeffersonian Democrat. He has never held any public office except that of a member of the Har- bor Board a few years ago.
He is treasurer of the Dolan Aid Society, member Board of Protectors St. Mary's Fe- male Orphan Asylum, trustee St. Mary's Industrial School, and is a director of Can- ton National Bank, Economy Savings Bank, East Baltimore Business Men's Asso- ciation, Assurance Building Association, Equitable Building Association, Friendly Inn, Baltimore Poor Association, Baltimore Mutual Life Insurance Company, American Banking and Trust Company and the Mu- tual Guarantee Building and Loan Associa- tion.
Mr. Codd is one of our most prominent business men and is well known through- out the city, but is more particularly known in the eastern section, being clearly iden- tified with everything that goes to build up and develop that vicinity, always ready to assist with his means and in every way to accomplish this end. Besides busi- ness matters, as will be seen, he is identified with the charities of the city, and it is his greatest pleasure to help the needy and do what he can to alleviate the sufferings of the poor, the unfortunate and destitute. He is
of a kindly disposition, pleasant in his inter- course with his fellow men, everybody loves him, and for sterling honesty and integrity none stand higher in our city than he. He and his family reside at 506 North Broad- way.
WILLIAM H. HOFFMAN, Leather Mer- chant, 112 E. Lombard street, was born in Baltimore, May 27, 1839. He is the son of George Lockman Hoffman and Mary Dru- silla Lyeth, both of whom were born in Baltimore, their ancestors being among the early settlers of the country, and on both sides serving as soldiers in the Revolution- ary War. His father's business was that of a tanner and currier, and in his early life he was in the service of the Defords of this city, well-known tanners and leather merchants of that day, dissolving his connection with them in 1856. He then went into the leather business himself and became a partner in 'the firm of Stansbury & Hoffman, he being the principal manager and conductor of the business of this firm. They carried on the leather business until 1858, when the firm was changed and became the firm of Hoff- man & Deford, and continued under this name and style until 1868, when it was dis- solved and his father succeeded to the busi- ness and formed the firm of G. L. Hoffman & Co., his eldest son, John M. Hoffman, being the company in this firm. It con- tinued until November, 1881, when his son, John M. Hoffman, died, and in 1890 Mr. Wm. H. Hoffman was taken into the firm as a partner with his father under the same . firm name of G. L. Hoffman & Co. His father died June 18, 1891, and he succeeded to the business which he still conducts under the old firm name at the same warehouse
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at 112 E. Lombard street, where his father commenced the business forty years ago. His mother died April 28, 1883.
His parents had seven children, all of whom are deceased with the exception of Mr. Hoffman, the subject of this sketch, and his sister, Mrs. Mary E. Keister, wife of W. H. Keister, a commission merchant of this city.
Mr. Hoffman was educated in the public schools of Baltimore. After leaving school in 1837, he went to Berkeley county, Va., to live, and was engaged in looking after some farming interests of his relatives in that county until 1862, when he located at Mar- tinsburg, the county seat of Berkeley county, Va., now West Virginia, and en- gaged in the general merchandise business at that place until 1870, when at the instance of his father he closed out his business and took charge of his father's tannery, known as the Union Tannery, at Uniontown, Car- roll county, Md., and continued in charge of this until 1890, when as we have said he was made a partner in his father's business in Baltimore, and came to this city to reside.
Mr. Hoffman was married in Hagers- town, Md., December 23, 1862, to Laura Virginia Mead, the daughter of Stephen Barton Mead and Sarah Elizabeth Bennett. Her father was born in New York and her mother in Pennsylvania. Both of them are descendants of old and prominent families of their respective States. After her parents' marriage in Pennsylvania, they went to Martinsburg, Va., to reside, where Mrs. Hoffman was born. Her father is now de- ceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman have eight chil- dren: Sallie; John William, whose wife was Miss Sadie O. Anderson, of this city; Mary
Drusilla, wife of Norman Paduzzi; Frank, Howard, whose wife was Miss Blanche De- hoff, of Carroll county, Md .; Laura Vir- ginia, wife of Charles Rooke; Benjamin Al- bert and Bertha Edna. All his children re- side in Baltimore with the exception of Howard, who resides in Baltimore county. Mr. Hoffman and his family attend the Lu- theran Church. In politics Mr. Hoffman is a Republican. He is a fine business man, and does a large business. Among his as- sociates he stands high for honest and fair dealing, and his word is considered as good as his bond. He is very domestic, loves and is devoted to his home, where he spends all his spare time with his family. He is of a very kindly disposition, always ready to help those in need and is liked by all who know him. His home is at 627 North Cal- houn street, fronting Harlem Square.
BERNARD WIESENFELD, Attorney-at- Law, office 706 Fidelity Building, N. W. corner Charles and Lexington streets, was born in Baltimore December 29, 1857. His father was Moses Wiesenfeld, born in the Duchy of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, in the year 1819 and settled in Baltimore in 1837. His mother was Betsey Friedenwald, daughter of the late Jonas Friedenwald, and sister of Joseph Friedenwald and Dr. A. Friedenwald. She was born in Giessen, Germany, in 1825 and came to Baltimore with her parents in 1832. Her father was the founder and head of the firm of Wiesen- feld & Co., manufacturers of clothing, who were the pioneers in this business in the United States, doing a very large business for years in this city and amassing a large fortune. He had nine children, five sons, David, Hiram, Robert S., Joseph and Mr.
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Wiesenfeld, the subject of this sketch; also four daughters, Caroline, the wife of Mi- chael Rosenfeld, a member of the firm of Rosenfeld Bros., proprietors of the New York clothing house of this city; Rebecca, wife of Abram Altemayer; Amelia, wife of Joseph Miller, retired merchant; and Rose, wife of Goody Rosenfeld, one of the firm of Rosenfeld Bros. All of them reside in Bal- timore, except Mr. and Mrs. Altemayer, who live in San Francisco, Cal. Both of Mr. Wiesenfeld's parents are deceased, his father dying in 1871 and his mother in 1894.
Mr. Wiesenfeld was educated in the pub- lic schools of Baltimore and is a graduate of Baltimore City College; he also attended Harvard College, Johns Hopkins Univer- sity, and graduated in law at the University of Maryland in 1889, previous to which he was a clerk with the firm of Wiesenfeld & Co. Since his graduating at the University Law School, he has been practicing law in the courts of Baltimore. Mr. Wiesenfeld is married and has one child, Elizabeth Wie- senfeld. He was married in Baltimore March 26, 1895, and his wife, Blanche Fried- enwald, is the daughter of Isaac Frieden- wald, who was born in Giessen, Germany, and Eugenie Dalsheimer, who was born in Vicksburg, Miss. He and his family are orthodox Hebrews. In politics he is a Sound Money Democrat. He is an alumnus of Baltimore City College, Johns Hopkins University, Law School of the University of Maryland; also a member of Phoenix Club and connected with a number of charitable institutions of our city, being like his ances- tors on both sides, the Wiesenfelds and Friedenwalds, devoted to charity and help- ing the needy and destitute. He stands high with his brother members of the bar for ster-
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